Title and acronym
Transnational research network for the evaluation of initiatives targeting 25+ NEETs (Lost Millennials)
Programme and call
EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment 2020
Reference
Ref. 2020-1-0029
Principal investigator
Project coordinator
HÉTFA Research Institute (Hungría)
Partners
- UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS (Spain)
- Centre for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria)
- Institute for Structural Policy (Rep. Checa)
- Institute for Entrepreneurship Development (Greece)
- Binda Consulting International Ltd (Malta)
- Evidence Institute Foundation (Polonia)
- Sapientia University (Rumanía)
- Slovak Business Agency (Eslovaquia)
Overall project budget
1.618.177,30 €
Contribution of the Funding agency
1.375.450,71 €
UBU´s budget
130.842,32 €
Contribution of the Funding agency
111.215,97 €
Project duration
27 months (01/11/2021-31/01/2024)
Contact
Poject website
Description
The Lost Millennials project, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and the Norwegian Grant Fund for Youth Employment, focuses on a commonly neglected target group of the Millennial generation: young people between the ages of 25 and 29, who are out of employment or education and training (NEETs), live in small towns in rural areas and face multiple barriers to their inclusion in the labor market.
The starting point of the working life of the target groups of the project was shortly after the economic crisis of 2008, which caused feelings of uncertainty and insecurity regarding job opportunities, affecting their well-being and leading them to inactivity or to the market. labor.
The main target group of the Lost Millennials project are researchers, experts in the field of assessments, youth employment or inclusion in the labor market, as well as professionals in government and civil society organizations, responsible for the implementation of assessment initiatives. of employment aimed at people over 25 years of age. NEETs or young people in general.
